(b) In addition to the lands defined as fragile lands in § 762.5 of this chapter, the Office in evaluating any petition to designate lands as unsuitable or to terminate such designation will consider lands included on the Tennessee Natural Areas Registry under Tennessee Code Annotated (TCA) section 11-14-112, Natural Areas designated by the Tennessee General Assembly under TCA 11-14-108, areas adjoining Tennessee Scenic Rivers designated under TCA 11-13-101, and Scenic Trails designated under TCA 11-11-101.

This is a list of United States Code sections, Statutes at Large, Public Laws, and Presidential Documents, which provide rulemaking authority for this CFR Part.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement

Final rule; approval of amendment.

Effective Date: February 12, 2013.

30 CFR Part 942

Summary

We are approving an amendment to the Tennessee Abandoned Mine Land (AML) Reclamation Plan (AML Plan). A 2006 amendment to the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA or the Act), authorized reinstitution of the Tennessee AML program as a minimum funded program state following the suspension of the AML Plan and program after Tennessee's regulatory program was withdrawn in 1984. Pursuant to the authority granted under the Tennessee Code Annotated (TCA), Section 59-8-324(m), Tennessee's Department of Environment and Conservation (TDEC), has revised the AML Plan to reflect statutory, regulatory, policy, procedural, and organizational changes that have occurred since 1984.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement

Proposed rule; public comment period and opportunity for public hearing on program amendment.

We will accept written comments until 4 p.m., local time March 7, 2012. If requested, we will hold a public hearing on March 2, 2012. We will accept requests to speak until 4 p.m., local time on February 21, 2012.

30 CFR Part 942

Summary

We are announcing receipt of a proposed amendment to the Tennessee Abandoned Mine Land (AML) Reclamation Plan under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA or the Act). Tennessee has submitted the amendment to reflect statutory, regulatory, policy, procedural, and organizational changes that have occurred since 1984, when the State's AML program was affected by the withdrawal of the State's regulatory program. This document gives the times and locations that the Tennessee AML reclamation plan is available for your inspection, the comment period during which you may submit written comments, and the procedures that we will follow for the public hearing, if one is requested.